Back to building! Cannot believe how quickly this trip is going, we only have two more full days of building left.
After concluding the weekend and many late nights, the 7:00am start hit us hard, I think I had about 4-5 hours of sleep. Today's thought for the day was given by Sam and Nathan. Motivational quotes are becoming very central to these thoughts, the main theme of this message was our duty and responsibility to help each other, not a theme we have mentioned yet.
Today the team was split in two- one team went to the school and the other to a brand new site.
Half of the team went to a new community site to do the concrete flooring for a new toilet block- this was because we had made more progress than expected on the other sites. The community team worked very hard to get the flooring and the pillars complete. They also had some help from our youngest team member to date- Kanu.
Kanu helping out the team
Coffee break came at the usual time in the community site, and Ashley had the honour of cutting the bread! It was the biggest load of bread any of us had ever seen!
Ashley cutting the bread
My half of the team went back to the school. Most of our work consisted of shifting the soil away from the sides of the bank surrounding the toilets as well as making sure that the builders on the roof had plenty of cement. I was glad to have fellow bro Ben on site again as we lifted plenty of cement between us. But the most satisfying job for most was digging through the clay and removing rocks embedded inside. Sam's music selection was spot on yet again.
We're really getting accustomed to Ethiopian coffee now, so the coffee break was very welcome at midday, even if I was in the zone work wise! The morning session was definitely our most productive part of the day, as we decided to get a nice lunch at a different restaurant across town but the traffic was very bad, holding us up for about an hour. Before we finally made it back to the site, the 3pm rain and thunder showed up without fail, meaning we had to stay inside and prepare the concrete supports for tomorrow. This took only a short amount of time so we were able to go early!
Tonights entertainment was courtesy of Ashley and Katie. They very thoughtfully brought along a board game called 'Châl'enj'! (Try saying challenge in a silly French voice). It was a very fun game that was only as difficult as the challenge you set for yourself. Neil attempting 13 different laughs in 30 seconds was definitely a personal highlight.
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